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| c. 1400 |
| | | Guilds of singers and song-writers develop in German towns, calling themselves Meistersinger, or master singers | |
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| 1400 |
| | | Richard II dies in Pontefract castle, almost certainly starved to death on the orders of the new king - insecure on his throne as an undeniable usurper | |
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| c. 1400 |
| | | Majolica, or tin-glazed earthenware, reaches Italy from Majorca and thus gets its name | |
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| 1852 |
| | | Lord John Russell's Whig administration collapses, and Lord Derby follows him as a Conservative prime minister at the head of a coalition government | |
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| 1858 |
| | | Palmerston's government collapses and Lord Derby heads another Conservative minority administration | |
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| 1859 |
| | | Liberal leader Lord Palmerston returns to office as the British prime minister after the collapse of Derby's coalition government | |
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| 1866 |
| | | The Fourteenth Amendment to the US constitution (not ratified till 1868) assures equal rights as citizens to all born or naturalized in the USA | |
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| 1866 |
| | | Russell's government falls, and Lord Derby returns for the third time, but again briefly, as Britain's prime minister | |
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| 1959 |
| | | The Dalai Lama escapes from Tibet to India after the Chinese suppression of an armed uprising costing thousands of lives | |
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